On 15/01/12 22:20, Ilija Kocho wrote: > On 15.01.2012 19:42, Sergei Gavrikov wrote: [eCos specific toolchains] > It seems there have been some attempts before as there are some traces > left in gcc tree: > gcc/config/arm/ecos-elf.h
That was Nick Clifton trying to be helpful to me years ago when he got the wrong end of the stick about a conversation we had. It's not and never has been used. I would ask them to remove it but don't quite feel it's worth the effort for someone to take the time even to remove. > I'm not sure about former addition, But IMO that it would be good to add > t-ecos target description(s). The material is present in eCos patches > ftp://ecos.sourceware.org/pub/ecos/gnutools/src/ . IMHO I disagree. >>> Are the eCos sources going to start requiring use of specific >>> toolchain binaries? >> Nope. Anyone can use own binaries if he/she wants. > > We must be sure of this. People will need, from various reasons, to use > different toolchains (commercial or self built). In which case there's no point putting ecos in the target name. There may well be a point when there is a real tangible technical benefit that overrides the drawbacks. But until then we should not artificially make differences. "Branding" is really not a good reason. Jifl
